Improvement in machines for packing fruit and other articles



G. W. DEIT'ZLER. MACHINES FOR PACKING FRUIT AND OTHER ARTICLES.

No.175.947. c Patented April 11, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DEITZLER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENTIN MACHINES FOR PACKING FRUIT AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,947, dated April11, 1876; application filed I January 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DEITZLER, ofSan Francisco, in the county of San Franeisco and State of California,have invented a new and Improved Machine for Packing Fruit and otherArticles, of which the following is a specification In the accompanyingdrawing, Figure 1 represents a front vertical section; Fig. 2, avertical transverse section on the line 0 c, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, a topview of my improved machine for packing dried fruits and other articles.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to that class of machines designed for pressingand packing certain articles, as dried fruit, herbs, hops, tobacco,beef, jelly, lard, 850.; and it consists of one or morevertically-reciprocating pistons, that press the articles by means ofguideboxes into suitable bags, cans, or other packages, which aresupported on movable and spring-acted bottoms, that are intermittentlylocked by sliding latch-pieces actuated by lever-connection with thedriving-shaft.

In the drawing, A represents a metal frame of suitable strength, onwhich the different operating parts are supported. A horizontaldriving-shaft, D, is supported on top bearings of frame A, and providedwith a fly-wheel, D, at one end. Vertical racks O are guided in properrecesses at the front part of frame A, and alternately reciprocated by apinion, 0 The racks G are driven by giving the fly-wheel motionalternately to the right and to the left. At the lower end of the racksare fastened in adjustable manner, so as to be readily interchanged,pistons O that enter on their downstroke vertical guide-boxes B, placedso as to allow the pistons to play freely up. and down in the same.

It is preferable to arrange the machine with two pinions and boxes;butthe same-principle may also be applied to a single piston or box, orto more than two, in which case the pinion is extended backward, andadditional racks and pinions arranged back of the front boxes, by whichthe working capacity of the machine can be increased to any extent.

The boxes B are made detachable with their supporting-frames, so thatdifferent shapes and sizes of packages may be packed thereon with equalfacility by attaching the required boxes and pistons.

The lower end'of the guide-boxes B is closed by a movable bottom, E,which is guided vertically by a sliding rod, a, in supports b at theunder side of frame A. The bottom is pushed against the box, or to asmall distance from the same, by a spring, d, and retainedin closedposition by a horizontal latch, E, that slides in guide-grooves atthelower part of the frame, being pushed forward under rod a by asuitable spring.

The bottoms E are alternately unlocked, to correspond with the downwarddescent of the piston, by levers F, that are fulcrumed to frame A, theirlower ends engaging recesses at the rear ends of latches E, while theirupper ends are actuated by a cam, e, placed fast, but in adjustablemanner, on the shaft, so that the levers alternately unlock the latchesat that particular time of the stroke of the pistons when the articlesto be packed have been compressed by the pistons in their packages,ready to be taken off.

The operation of the machine is as follows: One of the movable bottomsis first pushed down, the latch being unlocked by hand, in whichposition it isheld by the friction of the latch against the rod, actingas abrake. A paper bag or other package is then placed on the bottom E.The bag is carried up over the box by the upward motion of the bottom.The bottom is then locked by theforward sliding of the latch, while theother piston descends. The other box is then provided with a paper bag,and as the first piston is at the uppermost position, its box is chargedwith the proper quantity of fruit. The fly-wheel is then reversed, sothat the first piston goes down, pressing on the fruit until the movablebottom is unlocked by the operation of the cam. The latch beingwithdrawn by the lever, the fruit is driven out of the box, beingsurrounded by its paper bag, and removed at the end of the stroke bypressing the bottom farther down. A new bag is then placed over the box,ready for the next charge. The second box has been charged while itspiston was at its uppermost position,

2 macaw the fruit being pressed and packed by the down-stroke ot' thepiston, after which the filled bag is taken off and another one placedon the box. ternately charging one box and providin g the other with apaper bag. To render the action of the levers smooth, the upper'ends maybe provided With friction-rollers, that bear against the cam.

\Vhen grapes, apples, jelly, honey, lard, and similar articles arepacked or pressed, the boxes must be perforated and arranged with asuitable trough around the other bottom edge to carry off the liquidspressed out. The

" package is' taken out at the bottom "in the articles may thus bepacked in varying quantities with great rapidity, and the packages Thisoperation is repeated by althereby made up and prepared for sale in aneater and more economical manner than by the common methods hithertoemployed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- 1. The combination, with a stationary tube, B, openat both ends, of the reciprocating plate E and piston 0 both operatedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The movable spring-bottom applied to verticallysliding rods, incombination with sliding spring-latches and fulcrumed levers, actuatedby cam of driving-shaft to lock the bottom, for compressing action ofpiston'and releasing the same, for detaching charged package andadmitting replacing of new one, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE W. DEITZLER.

Witnesses:

U. W. CRANE, WM. A. ZoLLNER.

